if there really is a significant playerbase that wants to play pugs but doesn't get picked in rgl captain pugs, the move should be to start populating open pugs (https://pugs.tf.plus/pug/6s%20Open). when pugs were more alive, this was how things were set up; open pugs would run consistently with lower level players and some high level players would add up because they were more active than captain pugs. tf2mix on IRC was probably the most successful form of this in NA.

however this only really works if these pugs actually run often, which requires there to be people who actually want to play them. I think tf2 culture might have evolved past this point but i wish it could still be like this.

I hope that everyone has fun :)

onmenirdmushnemroeminya my sanctuaryy my sanctuaryyy

great tweets!

its game 7 sunday boys

Tfw ur entire 7 yr invite career dodges article writing then they come out right after

if you're going to keep the other half of this (gaining elo when losing) you have to keep this half too. otherwise the elo on the site will just infinitely inflate over time. IMO you shouldn't have either of these effects, since the goal of the game is to win the game, not win rounds; ELO ratings will still converge to represent player skill/contribution to winning given a large enough sample size even if you only count W/L and not rounds

Could work with only 42 available pcs. One invite team will be eliminated for day 2 so the other 3 teams would take up 18 pcs. Then there are 24 remaining, this can run 2 open playoff matches at once. Swapping pcs for different teams to play isnt that hard to do since localhost isnt byoc anyways. Some playoff structures would work in the necessary time constraint and not require more than 2 concurrent matches (ex. 4 team single elim w/ bo3s). Could also do a round 1 of playoffs on day 1 to run a total 8 team bracket. Double elim would probably require lower bracket games to be bo1s to fit in schedule, or require more day 1 playoff games, so thats why i suggest single elim. Of course more pcs would give you freedom to do different structures with more teams playing on day 2 but you could still work with 42 pcs and ending before 8 pm.
The number of groups/ number of matches in group stage should also be designed to fit around the number of teams in playoff (ex. if going with 8, split into either 4 groups with bo3 round robin or 2 groups with bo1 round robin (2 groups is generally what past lans have gone with)). 3 groups doesnt really make sense for any playoff structure since even 6 team bracket is really a 4/2 split (one of the group winners/second places will be treated differently from the others and will have to make the decision by round difference or something else arbitrary)

All time vid

lan pugs arent much more fun than regular pugs at home. find a way to fit in a traditional tournament instead! thats what lans are good for

to get this working after win64 update, open the exported profile's .nip file and change the executables from team fortress 2/hl2.exe to team fortress 2/tf_win64.exe and then save and import that profile

my mid ass pov is highlighted

shouldnt this thread be in the lan discussion subforum, so that people can find it easier

How does killing a level 3 sentry slow the pacing of the game

i dont think i saw anyone get killed with a market gardener this season but everyone just stopped using it so i guess thats why